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Alpha Code*
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Habitat
Canada Goose
CANG /
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Mute Swan
MUSW /
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Wood Duck
WODU /
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Blue-winged Teal
BWTE /
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Northern Shoveler
NSHO /
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Gadwall
GADW /
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Mallard
MALL /
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American Black Duck
ABDU /
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Northern Pintail
NOPI /
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Green-winged Teal
GWTE /
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Ring-necked Duck
RNDU /
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Common Eider
COEI /
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Hooded Merganser
HOME /
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Common Merganser
COME /
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Red-breasted Merganser
RBME /
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Ruddy Duck
RUDU /
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Northern Bobwhite
NOBO /
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Wild Turkey
WITU /
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Ruffed Grouse
RUGR /
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Ring-necked Pheasant
RNEP /
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Pied-billed Grebe
PBGR /
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Rock Pigeon
ROPI /
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Mourning Dove
MODO /
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
YBCU /
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Black-billed Cuckoo
BBCU /
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Common Nighthawk
CONI /
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Chuck-will's-widow
CWWI /
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Chimney Swift
CHSW /
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
RTHU /
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King Rail
KIRA /
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Clapper Rail
CLRA /
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Virginia Rail
VIRA /
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Sora
SORA /
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Common Gallinule
COGA /
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American Coot
AMCO /
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American Oystercatcher
AMOY /
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Killdeer
KILL /
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Piping Plover
PIPL /
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Upland Sandpiper
UPSA /
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Least Sandpiper
LESA /
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American Woodcock
AMWO /
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Wilson's Snipe
WISN /
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Spotted Sandpiper
SPSA /
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Willet
WILL /
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Wilson's Phalarope
WIPH /
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Laughing Gull
LAGU /
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Herring Gull
HERG /
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Great Black-backed Gull
GBBG /
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Least Tern
LETE /
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Roseate Tern
ROST /
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Common Tern
COTE /
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Arctic Tern
ARTE /
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Black Skimmer
BLSK /
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Common Loon
COLO /
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Leach's Storm-Petrel
LESP /
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Double-crested Cormorant
DCCO /
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American Bittern
AMBI /
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Least Bittern
LEBI /
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Great Blue Heron
GBHE /
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Great Egret
GREG /
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Snowy Egret
SNEG /
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Little Blue Heron
LBHE /
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Tricolored Heron
TRHE /
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Cattle Egret
CAEG /
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Green Heron
GRHE /
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Black-crowned Night-Heron
BCNH /
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
YCNH /
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Glossy Ibis
GLIB /
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Turkey Vulture
TUVU /
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Osprey
OSPR /
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Northern Harrier
NOHA /
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
SSHA /
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Cooper's Hawk
COHA /
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Northern Goshawk
NOGO /
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Red-shouldered Hawk
RSHA /
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Broad-winged Hawk
BWHA /
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Red-tailed Hawk
RTHA /
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Barn Owl
BANO /
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Eastern Screech-Owl
EASO /
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Great Horned Owl
GHOW /
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Barred Owl
BADO /
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Long-eared Owl
LEOW /
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Short-eared Owl
SEOW /
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
NSWO /
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Ringed Kingfisher
RIKI /
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Belted Kingfisher
BEKI /
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Red-headed Woodpecker
RHWO /
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
RBWO /
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
YBSA /
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Downy Woodpecker
DOWO /
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Hairy Woodpecker
HAWO /
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(Yellow-shafted Flicker) Northern Flicker
YSFL /
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Pileated Woodpecker
PIWO /
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American Kestrel
AMKE /
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Great Crested Flycatcher
GCFL /
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Eastern Kingbird
EAKI /
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
OSFL /
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
EAWP /
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
YBFL /
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Acadian Flycatcher
ACFL /
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Alder Flycatcher
ALFL /
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Willow Flycatcher
WIFL /
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Least Flycatcher
LEFL /
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Eastern Phoebe
EAPH /
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White-eyed Vireo
WEVI /
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Yellow-throated Vireo
YTVI /
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Blue-headed Vireo
BHVI /
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Warbling Vireo
WAVI /
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Red-eyed Vireo
REVI /
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Blue Jay
BLJA /
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American Crow
AMCR /
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Fish Crow
FICR /
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Common Raven
CORA /
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Black-capped Chickadee
BCCH /
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Tufted Titmouse
TUTI /
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Horned Lark
HOLA /
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Bank Swallow
BANS /
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Tree Swallow
TRES /
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow
NRWS /
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Purple Martin
PUMA /
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Barn Swallow
BARS /
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Cliff Swallow
CLSW /
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
RCKI /
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
GCKI /
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Cedar Waxwing
CEDW /
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
RBNU /
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White-breasted Nuthatch
WBNU /
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Brown Creeper
BRCR /
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
BGGN /
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Carolina Wren
CARW /
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House Wren
HOWR /
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unid. Pacific Wren / Winter Wren
UPWW /
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Sedge Wren
SEWR /
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Marsh Wren
MAWR /
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Gray Catbird
GRCA /
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Brown Thrasher
BRTH /
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Northern Mockingbird
NOMO /
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European Starling
EUST /
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Eastern Bluebird
EABL /
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Veery
VEER /
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Swainson's Thrush
SWTH /
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Hermit Thrush
HETH /
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Wood Thrush
WOTH /
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American Robin
AMRO /
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House Sparrow
HOSP /
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Evening Grosbeak
EVGR /
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House Finch
HOFI /
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Purple Finch
PUFI /
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Red Crossbill
RECR /
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Pine Siskin
PISI /
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American Goldfinch
AMGO /
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Grasshopper Sparrow
GRSP /
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Chipping Sparrow
CHSP /
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Field Sparrow
FISP /
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(Slate-colored Junco) Dark-eyed Junco
SCJU /
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White-throated Sparrow
WTSP /
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Vesper Sparrow
VESP /
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Seaside Sparrow
SESP /
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Saltmarsh Sparrow
SALS /
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Henslow's Sparrow
HESP /
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Savannah Sparrow
SAVS /
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Song Sparrow
SOSP /
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Swamp Sparrow
SWSP /
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Eastern Towhee
EATO /
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Yellow-breasted Chat
YBCH /
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Bobolink
BOBO /
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Eastern Meadowlark
EAME /
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Orchard Oriole
OROR /
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Baltimore Oriole
BAOR /
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Red-winged Blackbird
RWBL /
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Brown-headed Cowbird
BHCO /
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Rusty Blackbird
RUBL /
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Common Grackle
COGR /
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Ovenbird
OVEN /
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Worm-eating Warbler
WEWA /
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Louisiana Waterthrush
LOWA /
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Northern Waterthrush
NOWA /
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Golden-winged Warbler
GWWA /
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Blue-winged Warbler
BWWA /
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Brewster's Warbler (Golden-winged x Blue-winged)
BRWA /
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Lawrence's Warbler (Golden-winged x Blue-winged)
LAWA /
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Black-and-white Warbler
BAWW /
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Tennessee Warbler
TEWA /
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Nashville Warbler
NAWA /
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Mourning Warbler
MOWA /
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Common Yellowthroat
COYE /
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Hooded Warbler
HOWA /
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American Redstart
AMRE /
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Cerulean Warbler
CERW /
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Northern Parula
NOPA /
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Magnolia Warbler
MAWA /
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Blackburnian Warbler
BLBW /
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Yellow Warbler
YEWA /
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
CSWA /
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Blackpoll Warbler
BLPW /
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Black-throated Blue Warbler
BTBW /
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Pine Warbler
PIWA /
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(Myrtle Warbler) Yellow-rumped Warbler
MYWA /
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Prairie Warbler
PRAW /
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Black-throated Green Warbler
BTNW /
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Canada Warbler
CAWA /
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Scarlet Tanager
SCTA /
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Northern Cardinal
NOCA /
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
RBGR /
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Indigo Bunting
INBU /
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unid. Mexican / Eastern Whip-poor-will
WPWI /
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* Alpha Codes are also known as 'banding codes' (not AOU codes, which are numeric)
** Safe dates represent a window when a singing male is assumed not to be in migration, and
therefore on territory. Some atlases do not use safe dates, because they prefer
(given present knowledge) not to assume migration or territorial status of all individuals.
Safe dates generally apply to the Possible breeding category only when used.